Just published - Fake News in Real ContextThis essay explores the historical and current context of fake news - with comparisons to government propaganda, and professional and citizen journalism - as well as what impact it may have had on the 2016 U.

"I've told people that hunting for spies is like trying to find a ghost in the fog. You've got to believe first of all, that they're there. And you have to have enough drive to keep looking."- Scott Carmichael, Criminal Investigator (Ret.), Defense I...

"I've told people that hunting for spies is like trying to find a ghost in the fog. You've got to believe first of all, that they're there. And you have to have enough drive to keep looking." - Scott Carmichael, Criminal Investigator (Ret.), Defense...

"I've told people that hunting for spies is like trying to find a ghost in the fog. You've got to believe first of all, that they're there. And you have to have enough drive to keep looking."- Scott Carmichael, Criminal Investigator (Ret.), Defense I...

I said this on Twitter earlier tonight, but thought it deserved a slightly longer screed here on my blog: Suggestion to MSNBC: why don't you stop being so greedy, and stop taking money for scurrilous anti-Hillary Clinton GOP ads.The ad that occasione...

Lies that Kill Osama bin Laden at one time lived in Kandahar, Afghanistan. When he moved to Pakistan he left behind a collection of 1500 audiotapes which by a circuitous route came into the hands of CNN. Amon...

Participatory budgetingWith the presidential campaign front and center and money flowing like manna from heaven the, question of democracy – what it is and whether we can still claim to live in a democratic country – is coming to the fore again.I...

Paul Krugman - Two Time Winner of Diogenes' "AssHat of the Year" AwardHillary's 'Email Thing Doesn't Rise to the Level of a 'Scandal.' NewsBustersPaul Krugman's Monday New York Times column hit all of the sweet spots that make liberals smile, de...

The debate over global warming and climate change got uglier recently after California Gov. Jerry Brown of "no vaccine choice" fame insulted the intelligence – and genetic makeup – of everyone who disagrees with his premise that these phenomena a...

And Why Should We Change Anything for a Handful of Freaks?Prison PlanetThe biggest gay rights lobby group in the United States has called on schools to eliminate “gender stereotypes” by training staff to avoid using the words “boy” and...